How To DIY Your Home

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Doing a little bit of DIY-ing at home every now and then adds a personal touch and value to your home. whether it is playing around with paint, or even left over fabric, washi tape, or scraps of paper- you are bound to create something unique.

Here are a few simple DIYs that can be done over the weekend.

 

 

Droplet Wall decals

 
 graphic wall designs

 

Juju golden dots


For more ideas on decorating or even simple DIY tasks, drop by our roll to keep updated and get insanely inspired

How to make DIY Cardboard Houses

 
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We are currently working on a "UN Week" project for Tzu Chi Kindergarten in Jakarta. The plan is to make a city out of recycled cardboard boxes that have been dropped off at the Tzu Chi Recycling Centre.

As you know, used boxes have many prints on them and aren't in great condition as most of them have already been flattened for easy handling, so layers of paint and many masking tape details are needed to make the surface look smooth and even.The paint used is children safe food grade paint and doesn't cover very well, especially on the plastic cello tape. For this, all the tape must be either pulled of or covered in masking tape.

Here are a few pictures that have inspired us to make this project.

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The tools needed are simple A LOT of boxes- various sizes, a sharp cutter, scissors, masking tape, metal ruler, pencils and tape. The houses are piled on one another or simple glued together.


Someone's rubbish is another's treasure

How To Build a Terranium

Have you ever wondered? This is possibly the easiest and clearest instructions we have come across on building a terranium :)

Bottle to Plant Vase DIY

What a great little DIY idea for a little gift. Using use of those old bottles that you have been collecting, simple wrap them up with twine and secure it in place with some glue. Paint on the geometric patterns and voila, ready to go!

DIY Painted Wooden Spoons

If you have a kitchen, it is almost likely that you have had at least 1 wooden spoon throughout you life. How do you remember that spoon to be? Just like any other spoon, it was 'just' a spoon. 'just' a kitchen utensil.
Why have "just" things lying around the house when you can have unique, meaningful pieces by just simple DIY-ing!


Here are some wooden & bamboo spoon DIY's that have been quite trending lately. From etching, drawing, painting or even ombre dyeing work.

Wooden Spoons from WindandWillowHome's Etsy Page

 Ombre wooden spoons by oMeandoMy

 DIY Etched Wooden Spoons from Designmom

Painted wooden spoons


Remember, when painting/ selecting the spoons, use a proper suitable paint to prevent peeling or bubbling when wet/ heated.

Handmade Porcelain Pins by Ashley Goldberg

 

Ashley Goldberg has always blown us away with her creative color-coordinated artwork. Besides her lovely paintings, she also creates little porcelain pins as such.

If you love these, do drop by here for more inspiring art.

Washi Tape Lighting

We just discovered these geometric cardboard washi tape DIY lamp shades from super talented Australian product designer, Tamara Maynes. 

The self customizable quilt light template can be bought on her online shop and can be created in any size you like. For $20 you can download it instantly and start your DIY craze.

Here is an example of a heavy-weight cardboard design.

Friday Freebies- Play Fruit Printables

Cute stuff is not only for children :)
Print out the templates and fold it accordingly to create your own fruit basket :)

Friday Freebies DIY Awesome Gift Wrapping Ideas For Kids

Mismatching  wrapping paper is always an eye sore at birthday parties. No matter how pretty the decoration is, the present stack seems to be in a world of their own at times. So here are a few DIYs to keep your gifts in the scene and match the decoration.

1. Mousy Mouse Presents
2. Honeycomb Balloons
3. Miao Miau Amelie Gift
4. Pompom pressie

cute little pompoms



If you have a printer, you can even print out your own wrapping paper.
Click on the links and download the files to print.
Mod Floral Wrapping Paper by  Sarah Hearts and Geometric Wrapping paper by Something Peach.

 Have fun!!

DIY Using Washi Tape to Decorate Your Walls

Masking tape has long been used for the walls, but has now changed function. It used to be used for stencils/ creating borders on the wall and covering door and window frames from paint. However now it is widely used for decorating as it can be done in any way you like and can be changed from time to time.
Washi tape comes either plain or patterned and comes in multiple tones.
Here are a few ideas to use around the home.

Washi tape DIY
1. Fifteen Eleven
2. Geometric
3. Mommo Design
4. Mommo Design.nl
5. Gewinnerauslosung

 

Bored of your old baskets that don't seem to fit in anymore? Add a bit of color by DIY-ing  using neon wool, or cotton thread and weave through the basket in any patterns that you wish. Design Improvised came up with this idea and weaved a few of her old baskets. We are going to try this idea any day now :)

Amazing Quilt for Guests

 

Wouldn't this be a perfect blanket for sleep-over guests ... We can already imagine cuddling up by the fire in this awesome quilt!

The brushstroke handmade quilt by Anthropologie was created by hand painting by some well known fine-art artists. Too bad it is sold out after it was discounted to only a few dollars. maybe next time then... In the meantime, let it inspire you :)

DIY Dress Ideas

 

We found this DIY dress on Pinterest, and managed to locate the creators of this great little dress! Wouldn't it be a great DIY!

By Pop Up Shop

DIY. Handpaint Your Plant Pots

  

Image from Ebay

 Here is a little DIY of the day from No Place Like HEIMA's Pinterest roll.
Out the window with old, boring earth-tone planters and in with the new neon, graphic, polka dot pots.Whether you draw a face, add dots, or simply dip the pots in to paint, it can easily become the center of the room and make your plants look amazing!
Jazz up those herbs in the kitchen, or add a cactus or two to the bathroom. 


 

 Image from LovelyIndeed



 

 From TheGardenEdit

 

 Image from Etsy.

 

 image from TheGiftsOfLife

 

DIY T-Shirt Coil Bowls.

We are currently obsessed with creating decoration and jewelry from T-shirts as seen in our post last week. 

Here is a step by step process of creating the custom unique bowl using only fabric and cotton.  Click here for the step by step process from The Red Thread.

DIY Teepees and Tents For Kids (and Folks Alike)

Image via The Boo and the Boy


At No Place Like HEIMA, we love kids and believe that there is a kid in everyone one of us. Whether it is designing for kids or simply getting inspired by them, these are no limits in designing in the imagination of a child. That is why it is essential to encourage and support a child in their play.

Parents often splurge on high end, expensive  toys believing that it will 'improve' their child just as the brand promotes. But at At No Place Like HEIMA, we encourage DIY-ing parents as parents know their child the best.

Most of our earliest memories were spent in tents, tree houses or under curtain and bed cover laden chairs and tables, and we had some serious fun in there, didn't we!

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